Door-check



NITED STATE PAIENT FFICE..

GOTTLIEB HOFFMEIER, OF WILMINGTON, DELAVVARE.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To. 507,618, dated October 31, 1893.

Application fi1ed January 28, 1893- Seria.1 No. (N0 1110591) T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knewn that I, GOTTLIEB HOFFMEIER, of Wi1mington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Ohecksand Helders f0r Doors, Blinds, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The present impreved combined check and helder is applicable te deors, blinds and simi- 1ar movabie gates er closures which it is de sired sheuld be held in a given pesitien, and which are 1iable te be meved carelessly and with undue ferce te said positien.

The present improvements are particuiarly adapted for use with the doors of railway cars, and will be se described.

The mpreved check and helder consists of two members, a spring dog member and a catch and bumper member, one of which is carried by the door, and the ether by any cenvenient fixed support such as the wall.

The spring dog member is preferablysecured te the wall and the catch member to the door, but this arrangement may be reversed. The

spring-dog member comprises a pivoted dog and a spring co-eperating therewith, and the catch member comprises a catch which engages with the dog and a bumper which strikes said spring When the two members come together and thereby increases the tensi0n of the spring upon the dog thus insuring the engagement of the dog and eatch, and at the same time the spring acts as a cushion te relieve the members from shock in coming together.

The improvements are ilustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of the two members When approaching each ether. Fig. 2 is a vertiea1 sectien through the two members hen lecked together. Fig. 3 is a plan view of both members When eccupying the positions shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a cross section in a plane indicated by the line 44 in Fig. 1.

The spring dog member consists principally of a supperting plate A, a dog B, pivoted thereto, and a spring C carried by the supperting plate A, and acting upon the dog te press the same upwardly. The catch rnember consists of a catch lip, or strike D, and a bumper E.

The supporting plate A is adapted te be screwed to the wall, has ears a, a, between which the dog B is piveted by pivet b, and has a depending tang c, te the lower end of which the1ower end of the spring 0 is attached by a rivet (Z or otherwise. The front face of the tang 0 is curved to conform te the curvature of the spring, and it has at its upper part side flanges e, e, which are turned over the face of the spring 0 (sec Fig. 4) te reta1n the same in p1ace. The spring C is a flat spring, which bears against the under side of the dog B, and its forward end f extends outwardly beyond er approxmately as far as the dog B, and is bovved dewnwardly, inward1y and upwardly as shown, se as te censtitute a spr1ng cushion. The dog has a hooked enter end g, and has sidewings h, h, serrated enthe1rupper faces, en either side by means of which (by the foot When placed near the floo r) the dog may be depressed against the tens1en of the spring. The joint between the dog B and plate A is a knuckle joint, so that the extent te which the dog may be depressed and the spring compressed is limited. The catch D, of the catch member is of the usual'k1nd, and is riveted 01 otherwise connected te a plate, which also eonstitutes the bumper E, which in turn is screwed er etherwise attached te the door. The. bumper extends dewnwardly from the catch D, and curves outwardly from the door,

When the door is opened and swung back against the wall, the cateh D, and hoek g, of the (log B,- encounter each other, and the bumper E, and spring cushion partf, of the spring O, encounter each other. The catch D, and heek g, engage each ether te held the door open, and the bumper E, and spring cushion f, not only check and cushion the door, but a1se force the spring 0 pesitivelyupward, thereby increasng the tensien thereef, and insuring the proper co-actien between the dog and catch. T0 open the1deor, it is only necessary te depress the dog by pressure applied to one of the side wings h. Two of these wings are used so that ene will be accessible whichever way the door may be swung.

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I claim as my nventonward cushiqning endf, in combin:aton with 1. The combinaton to form a combned. catch D, and bumper E, substant1ally as set check and holder of a pivoted dog and a spring forth. co-operatng therewith, with a catch and a In wtness whereof I have hereunto s1gned [5 5 bumper whch strikes said spring and i11- my na1nen the presence of two subscrbng ereases the tenson thereof upon the dog, subwtnesses. stantially as set; forbh.

2. The plate A, the dog B, havng hook g, GOTPLIEB HOFFMEIER' and wngs h, h, and pivoted t0 sad plate, the VVitnesses: 1o spring C secur1ad t0 said plate hearing upon HENRY C. CONRAD,

the unde1 side of sad (log and having a for- JOSEPH L. CAVENDER. 

